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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Megophthalminae » Agalliini » Agalliina » Agallia » Agallia nielsoni

Species Agallia nielsoni

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks
Unknown Leafhopper - Agallia nielsoni small hopper with white spot - Agallia nielsoni small brown/orange hopper - Agallia nielsoni brown hopper - Agallia nielsoni Agallia lingula - Agallia nielsoni nymph lateral - Agallia nielsoni - male adult lateral - Agallia nielsoni - male Cicadellidae ID request - Agallia nielsoni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Megophthalminae
Tribe Agalliini
Subtribe Agalliina
Genus Agallia
Species nielsoni (Agallia nielsoni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
U.S. records of A. lingula and A. peregrinans mostly refer to this species.
Explanation of Names
Agallia nielsoni Freytag, 2003
Size
♂ 3.4-3.6mm, ♀ 3.4-3.8mm
Identification
superficially resembles Agallia quadripunctata, but lacks the spots on the pronotum (or at least only exhibits them very faintly).
Range
LA, TX to Central America (where it is common)
Remarks
this species was incorrectly referred to as Agallia lingula for many years due to decades of published misidentifications. Agallia lingula is a similar species with distinct genitalia endemic to Jamaica.
Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 5 August, 2017 - 8:30am
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 20 August, 2021 - 5:27pm

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